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IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
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€36 billion global revenue
13% organic growth
150 000 employees in 100 countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
- Buyer will be responsible for acquisition, logistics, inventory levels and returns of commodities and services to meet business plan and customer requirements.
- Fast learner that shows initiative, is proactive, has good decision making skills, is creative and energetic, demonstrates a positive attitude, has high analytical ability, and possesses strong negotiating skills. This position interacts with employees, all levels of management as well as external suppliers and vendors.
- Desirable skills such as presentation ability, strong PC background, history of working with multiple plant locations
- Maintenance of MRP system including P.O. creation, rescheduling and expediting
- Coordinate delivery of material
- Provide input on overall supplier performance and make recommendations on appropriate corrective actions when necessary
- Turn in CPC forms regularly for cost changes
- Procure material to meet customer requirements at an optimal cost
- Maintaining inventory levels, addressing shortages and supporting product evolution
- Assist in establishing and maintaining lot sizes, period of supply, planning-bill demand and lead-times
- Administer business transactions with suppliers including placing purchase orders, scheduling supplier deliveries, reconciling purchase price variances, obtaining return goods authorization, reconciling discrepant invoices and order confirmation variances
- Obtain supplier quotations as needed
- Notify suppliers of engineering changes to drawings and specifications
- Support the phase out/in of product; to avoid obsolete inventory and ensure new product availability
- Provide management with price change and supplier status reports
- Provide suppliers with open order information
- Understand and support guidelines on business ethics, material inflation containment, supplier performance, and supplier certification
- Support commodity management containment programs implementation
- Related four-year degree, C.P.M. or CPIM certification, MBA or technical degree a plus
- Working knowledge of MRP/MRP II, purchasing in a repetitive high volume manufacturing facility
- Experience with JIT/JIT II, consignment, Microsoft Office, legal aspects of purchasing
- Experience in planning, purchasing, materials management, and problem solving
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent business experience
- Paid Holidays and PTO Program
- Employee Recognition Rewards
- Company Matching Personal Charitable Donations
- Safety Shoe and Safety Prescription Glasses Voucher Program
- Tuition Reimbursement for Qualifying Programs
- Company Discount Portal
- Basic Life and AD&D Insurance provided by Company
- Well-being Program providing the ability to earn rewards
- 401(k) Company Match
- Group Medical, Dental and Vision
- Other Health Participation Programs provided through third parties by the Company
Let us learn about you! Apply today.
Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?
When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.
IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.
We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.
Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!
€36 billion global revenue
13% organic growth
150 000 employees in 100 countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations
You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.
Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.
At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.